Anomalies in the electronic stopping of slow antiprotons in LiF

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Main Authors: Massillon-JL, Guerda, Correa, Alfredo A., Andrade, Xavier, Artacho, Emilio
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Published: 2025
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author Massillon-JL, Guerda
Correa, Alfredo A.
Andrade, Xavier
Artacho, Emilio
author_facet Massillon-JL, Guerda
Correa, Alfredo A.
Andrade, Xavier
Artacho, Emilio
contents We present first-principles theoretical calculations for the electronic stopping power (SP) of both protons and anti-protons in LiF. Our results show the presence of the Barkas effect: a higher stopping for positively charged particles than their negatively charged antiparticles. In contrast, a previous study has predicted an anti-Barkas effect (higher stopping for negative charges) at low velocity [Qi, Bruneval and Maliyov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 043401 (2022)]. We explain this discrepancy by showing that this anti-Barkas effect appears for highly symmetric trajectories and disappears when considering trajectories that better reproduce the experimental setup. Our low-velocity results show that the SP of both protons and anti-proton vanish for velocities under 0.1 a.u. .
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spellingShingle Anomalies in the electronic stopping of slow antiprotons in LiF
Massillon-JL, Guerda
Correa, Alfredo A.
Andrade, Xavier
Artacho, Emilio
Other Condensed Matter
We present first-principles theoretical calculations for the electronic stopping power (SP) of both protons and anti-protons in LiF. Our results show the presence of the Barkas effect: a higher stopping for positively charged particles than their negatively charged antiparticles. In contrast, a previous study has predicted an anti-Barkas effect (higher stopping for negative charges) at low velocity [Qi, Bruneval and Maliyov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 043401 (2022)]. We explain this discrepancy by showing that this anti-Barkas effect appears for highly symmetric trajectories and disappears when considering trajectories that better reproduce the experimental setup. Our low-velocity results show that the SP of both protons and anti-proton vanish for velocities under 0.1 a.u. .
title Anomalies in the electronic stopping of slow antiprotons in LiF
topic Other Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.14381